When we don't know what to do next, when we feel confused, upset, distraught, at the end of our rope, overwhelmed, full of self will, rage, or despair, go back to the Steps.
No matter what situation we are facing, working a Step will help. Focus on one, trust your instincts, and work it.
What does it mean to work a Step? Think about it. Meditate on it. Instead of focusing on the confusion, the problems, or the situation causing our despair or rage, focus on the Step.
Think about how that Step might apply. Hold on to it. Hang on as tightly as we hang on to our confusion or the problem.
The Steps are a solution. They work. We can trust them to work.
We can trust where the Steps will lead us.
When we don't know what step to take next, take one of the Twelve.
Today, I will concentrate on using the Twelve Steps to solve problems and keep me in balance and harmony. I will work a Step to the best of my ability. I will learn to trust the Steps, and rely on them instead of on my protective, codependent behaviors.
From The Language of Letting Go
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
Nice post... I am going to need this BAD when my GF breaksup with/cheats on me (which is gonna happen like Tommorow, or like this weekend at the latest, is my prediction...)
oh well, at least i get to save money on a christmas present...woot?
Thanks for the post...
-- Edited by Zarathustra at 03:21, 2007-11-28
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"Today, I will concentrate on using the Twelve Steps to solve problems and keep me in balance and harmony."
I love this. It applies to my WHOLE life and everything in it.... Without the 12 steps I'd never be able to live life on lifes terms one day at the time.....
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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain.
my first eight months sober was hell. i had a girlfriend who was playing with my mind. but hey? i never listened to advice because i thought i was in love etc. if i wasn't such a stubborn bastard, i'd never have got sober.
you should have heard my moaning in my early AA meetings!!!
i officially got dumped in sobriety and didn't pick up. probably my biggest achievment in my life! she had a new fella in her life to make it worse!
aaagggghhhh!!!!!!!
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...suffer what there is to suffer, and enjoy what there is to enjoy...
